Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization

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Oxford University Press (2008)
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'Communities of practice', like 'social capital' and 'networks', is an idea that has been widely adopted in the social sciences, particularly in discussion of innovation and creativity. This book evaluates the concept and its uses, and will be an essential guide for students and researchers.

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"The Art of Knowing": Social and Tacit Dimensions of Knowledge and the Limits of the Community of Practice.Paul Duguid
Breakthrough Innovation and the Shaping of New Markets: The Role of Communities of Practice.Aurélie Delemarle & Philippe Larédo
Buzz without Being There? Communities of Practice in Context.Meric Gertler
Cognitive Distance in and Between CoP's and Firms: Where do exploitation and exploration Take Place, and How are They Connected?Bart Nooteboom
Community and Economics.Michael Storper
Community of Practice Then and Now.Paul Duguid
Open, But How Much? Growth, Conflict and Institutional Evolution in Open Source Communities.Juan Mateos-Garcia & Ed Steinmueller
The resurgence of community in economic thought and practice.  (pages 11--36)Ash Amin & Joanne Roberts
2.1 Should Community Have a Bad Name?  (pages 37)Michael Storper
4.1 Communities of Practice.  (pages 90)Nigel Thrift
Re-animating the place of thought: Transformations of spatial and temporal description in the twenty-first century.  (pages 90--119)Nigel Thrift
Connected?  (pages 123)Bart Nooteboom
Project work as a locus of learning: the journey through practice.  (pages 148--177)Harry Scarbrough & Jacky Swan
8.1 Geography and Community.  (pages 203)Meric S. Gertler
Knowledge intensive firms, communities and creative cities.  (pages 227--253)Patrick Cohendet & Laurent Simon
Changing Practice.  (pages 283--296)Situated Learning
Situated learning and changing practice.  (pages 283--296)Jean Lave

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